“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Bruce Lee

Focus on the introduction and conclusion of your talk because these are the most memorable for the audience

Practice until you are comfortable with the information in a talk (i.e. Imagine the power goes out and you have to give your presentation without your slides)

You don’t have to practice the talk from beginning to end, you can actually practice chunks of your talk at a time before doing the full rehearsal

Step 8 – Seek and Get Feedback on Your Talk

Bounce ideas off friends (i.e. Buddy System)

Record yourself speaking and give it a listen or ask a friend to listen

Have someone in the audience who you trust to give you specific feedback on your talk (i.e. delivery, performance, slides, etc…)

In smaller group formats, hand out index cards and after the talk have the audience write 3 things they learned from your talk.Then see if there is harmony between what your teaching points and what the learner took away